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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that his country needed fundamental change to revive economic growth and tackle endemic poverty, inequality and unemployment that have been deepened by chronic power cuts and COVID19.

A website dashboard maintained by the United Nations children's agency, UNICEF, shows the number of doses earmarked for North Korea now stands at 1.54 million, down from as many as 8.11 million last year.

Protesters blocking border crossings between Canada and the United States risk hurting the auto industry, the White House warned on Wednesday as Ottawa urged an end to the 13day demonstration against coronavirus mandates.

International tension has been rising over a recent series of North Korean ballistic missile tests, actions long banned by the UN Security Council.

Venezuelan gang leader Carlos Revette, known as El Koki and wanted by authorities for months, was killed in a police operation near Caracas, Interior Minister Remigio Ceballos said on Tuesday.

The remaining bitcoin was recovered last week by US investigators, who called on victims of the initial theft to come forward and recover their losses.

Two potential successors to 86yearold Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas were named on Monday to top posts in the Palestine Liberation Organization at a meeting boycotted by his Islamist rivals.

The WHO wants 70 percent of the population in each country fully vaccinated by the end of June.

The Miami Dolphins hired San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel as their head coach Sunday, making him the first minority candidate to get hired so far this offseason.

Police in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on Sunday arrested eight people for the murder of a 19yearold in an attack connected to soccer fan rivalry.

Joel Embiid dominated with 40 points and 10 rebounds and the Philadelphia 76ers overcame DeMar DeRozan's seasonhigh, 45point game for Chicago to beat the Bulls 119108 on Sunday.

Every day for the last three months, an average of six or seven families in Myanmar have posted notices in the country's stateowned newspapers cutting ties with sons, daughters, nieces, nephews and grandchildren who have publicly opposed the ruling milita...

A 91yearold Israeli woman who was badly wounded by a Palestinian rocket attack last May died Sunday from complications from her injuries, her family said.

A cyclone killed at least 10 people in southeastern Madagascar, the second to hit the Indian Ocean island in just two weeks, triggering floods, bringing down buildings and cutting power, officials said on Sunday.

Bengals tight end C.J. Uzomah worked on the side during practice Saturday as he rehabilitates his left knee injured last Sunday in the AFC championship game.

Brandon Weatherspoon had 16 points to lead five Florida Atlantic players in double figures as the Owls stretched their home win streak to nine games, rolling past Southern Miss 8457 on Saturday.